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Ruth 1:20

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She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

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Ruth 1:20 in other translations

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Ruth 1:20 · American Standard Version

Ruth 1:20 in context

  1. 18When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
  2. 19So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”
  3. 20She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
  4. 21I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”
  5. 22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.